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1971 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don McCafferty (10-4-0)

Points For: 313 (22.4/g) 5th of 26

Points Against: 140 (10.0/g) 2nd of 26

Expected W-L: 12.2-1.8

SRS: 10.43 (1st of 26), SOS: -1.93

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 20-3 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Conference Championship 0-21 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: John Idzik

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Linebackers), Red Miller (Offensive Line) and John Sandusky (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

General Manager: Don Klosterman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	313	4071	883	4.6	32	11	242	176	344	1922	10	21	5.2	104	512	2149	23	4.2	123	57	529	15
Opp. Stats	140	2852	746	3.8	41	13	166	185	361	1739	9	28	4.4	95	352	1113	8	3.2	60	67	687	11
Lg Rank Offense	5	12			8	2	6		17	21	24	13	19		2	5	2	10
Lg Rank Defense	2	1			6	19	1		16	2	1	2	3		1	1	5	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Jets	22	0	16	319	66	253	1	7	118	75	43
2	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Cleveland Browns	13	14	12	178	41	137	8	18	267	149	118	4
3	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	New England Patriots	23	3	24	358	222	136	2	9	151	62	89	1
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Buffalo Bills	43	0	19	401	187	214	3	4	49	45	4	6
5	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	New York Giants	31	7	19	363	122	241		15	251	164	87	5
6	Mon	October 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	3	10	16	276	147	129	3	9	153	86	67	1
7	Sun	October 31	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	21	19	383	312	71	2	14	181	155	26	2
8	Mon	November 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Los Angeles Rams	24	17	17	249	94	155	2	12	262	154	108	2
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2	@	New York Jets	14	13	15	189	70	119	3	9	188	113	75	3
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Miami Dolphins	14	17	14	268	168	100	3	16	249	81	168	1
11	Sun	November 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Oakland Raiders	37	14	19	306	96	210	1	20	311	246	65	6
12	Sun	December 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Buffalo Bills	24	0	16	310	130	180	2	8	182	106	76	6
13	Sat	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Miami Dolphins	14	3	19	225	121	104		14	247	151	96	2
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4		New England Patriots	17	21	17	246	146	100	2	11	243	152	91	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4	@	Cleveland Browns	20	3	16	271	143	128	3	11	165	96	69	5
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 2	4:30PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5	@	Miami Dolphins	0	21	16	298	209	89	3	13	286	142	144	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Earl Morrall	37	QB	14	9	7-2-0	84	167	50.3	1210	7	4.2	12	7.2	64	7.2	4.9	14.4	86.4	58.2	11	89	6.18	6.30	4.1	1	0
2	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	13	5	3-2-0	92	176	52.3	942	3	1.7	9	5.1	35	5.4	3.4	10.2	72.5	52.3	15	129	7.85	4.26	2.5	0	0
3	Tom Matte	32	RB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	12	50.00	-6.00	-6.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	176	344	51.2	1922	10	2.9	21	6.1	64	6.3	4.1	12.2	137.3	55.0	27	230	7.28	5.18	3.17	1	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	2	2	1-1-0	33	57	57.9	367	0	0.0	4	7.0	27	6.4	3.3	11.1	183.5	47.9	3	15	5.00	5.87	2.9	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	57	57.9	352	0	0.0	4	7.0	27	6.2	3.3	11.1	176.0	39.6	3	15	5.00	5.36	1.90	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Norm Bulaich	25	FB	13	12	152	741	8	67	4.9	57.0	11.7	25	229	9.2	2	30	1.9	17.6	177	5.5	970	10	4	PB
2	Tom Matte	32	RB	14	14	173	607	8	26	3.5	43.4	12.4	29	239	8.2	0	34	2.1	17.1	202	4.2	846	8	4
3	Eddie Hinton	24	WR	14	11	4	56	0	30	14.0	4.0	0.3	25	436	17.4	2	33	1.8	31.1	29	17.0	492	2	0
4	Don Nottingham	22	RB	14	2	95	388	5	36	4.1	27.7	6.8	15	88	5.9	0	35	1.1	6.3	110	4.3	476	5	2
5	Ray Perkins	30	WR	14	14	5	35	0	18	7.0	2.5	0.4	24	424	17.7	4	64	1.7	30.3	29	15.8	459	4	0
6	Tom Mitchell	27	TE	14	9	2	9	0	13	4.5	0.6	0.1	33	402	12.2	0	35	2.4	28.7	35	11.7	411	0	0
7	Don McCauley	22	RB	13	0	58	246	2	19	4.2	18.9	4.5	3	6	2.0	0	8	0.2	0.5	61	4.1	252	2	0
8	Willie Richardson	32	WR	12	3	2	27	0	24	13.5	2.3	0.2	10	173	17.3	2	49	0.8	14.4	12	16.7	200	2	0
9	John Mackey	30	TE	14	5	3	18	0	9	6.0	1.3	0.2	11	143	13.0	0	28	0.8	10.2	14	11.5	161	0	1
10	Earl Morrall	37	QB	14	9	6	13	0	16	2.2	0.9	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.2	13	0	3
11	Sam Havrilak	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	0.9	1	12.0	12	0	0
12	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	13	5	9	5	0	3	0.6	0.4	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	0.6	5	0	3
13	Charlie Pittman	23	RB	10	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	2
14	Tom Nowatzke	29	LB	14	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	512	2149	23	67	4.2	153.5	36.6	176	2152	12.2	10	64	12.6	153.7	688	6.3	4301	33	19

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Don Nottingham	22	RB	2	2	34	125	2	13	3.7	62.5	17.0	5	31	6.2	0	25	2.5	15.5	39	4.0	156	2	0
2	Eddie Hinton	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	128	16.0	0	27	4.0	64.0	8	16.0	128	0	0
3	Tom Mitchell	27	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	87	14.5	0	26	3.0	43.5	6	14.5	87	0	0
4	Don McCauley	22	RB	2	1	18	59	0	8	3.3	29.5	9.0	2	24	12.0	0	16	1.0	12.0	20	4.2	83	0	0
5	Tom Matte	32	RB	2	1	16	26	0	5	1.6	13.0	8.0	4	28	7.0	0	17	2.0	14.0	20	2.7	54	0	2
6	Sam Havrilak	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	34	11.3	0	18	1.5	17.0	3	11.3	34	0	0
7	Ray Perkins	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	29	7.3	0	10	2.0	14.5	4	7.3	29	0	0
8	John Mackey	30	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
9	Tom Nowatzke	29	LB	2	0	3	6	0	3	2.0	3.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.0	6	0	0
10	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	1	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	72	221	2	13	3.1	108.5	36.5	33	367	11.1	0	27	16.5	183.5	105	5.6	588	2	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ted Hendricks	24	RLB	14	14	5	70	0	40	0	1	31	1	5.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Roy Hilton	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
3	Jerry Logan	30	SS	14	14	4	28	0	23	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB
4	Tom Matte	32	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ray May	26	LLB	14	14	1	46	0	46	0	2	8	0	0.5	0
6	Billy Newsome	23	LDT	14	14	2	19	1	19	0	2	0	0	8.0	0
7	Glenn Ressler	28	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bubba Smith	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	0	PB,AP-1
9	Charlie Stukes	28	LCB	14	14	8	95	0	40	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Rick Volk	26	FS	14	14	4	36	0	21	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Fred Miller	31	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
12	Norm Bulaich	25	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Mike Curtis	28	MLB	13	12	3	44	0	31	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB
14	Jim Duncan	25	RCB	11	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Earl Morrall	37	QB	14	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	John Mackey	30	TE	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0.0	0
17	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	13	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	0.0	0
18	Rex Kern	22	DB	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dennis Nelson	25	T	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Don Nottingham	22	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Bailey	23	DT	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	3.0	0
22	Tom Curtis	24	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0	0.0	0
23	Lenny Dunlap	22	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0
24	Sam Havrilak	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Don McCauley	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ken Mendenhall	23	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
27	Tom Nowatzke	29	LB	14	0	1	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Charlie Pittman	23	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	28	367	1	46	26	27	63	1	36.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Rex Kern	22	DB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Bubba Smith	26	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
3	Roy Hilton	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Jerry Logan	30	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Tom Matte	32	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Ray May	26	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Charlie Stukes	28	LCB	1	1	1	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Johnny Unitas	38	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Bob Vogel	30	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Rick Volk	26	FS	1	1	2	56	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jim Bailey	23	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	4	79	0	37	0	3	3	0	0	7.0	0	0

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